Fidelity Investments visited my college to recruit students for internship graduating in 2023.
Round 0 (Online Test – 120 Minutes): The online test was held on the Hirepro platform. The test had four broad sections (each section was separately timed), namely:
Section 1. English (10 MCQ’s – 15 minutes)- Standard English questions on fill up with an appropriate word, passage comprehension, and synonyms of underlined sections of sentences.
Section 2. Technical (20 MCQ’s – 30 minutes) – Basic CS fundamentals and DSA questions.
Section 3. Coding (2 – 60 minutes) –
- Print all permutations of a given String.
- Find minimum number of currency notes and values that sum to given amount {2000,500,100,50}.
Section 4. Algorithm (2 – 15 minutes) – We were given two scenarios and asked to create an algorithm for each.
Out of about 2000+ students in the CS department, about 60 students were shortlisted for the Interviews. I was one of them.
Round 1(Technical Interview – 40 minutes): The length of the interview varies depending on the interviewer, mine interview lasted 15 minutes.
- After introducing himself, the interviewer asked for my introduction.
- Discussion into my projects (My project was Android Application connected with firebase.)
- Then he inquired about my one-month internship, including what I worked on and my experience.
- Simultaneously, he was glancing over my resume and inquiring about the section on achievements and certifications.
- He asked me what I know about cloud storage?
- Also last ques, Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
- And he asked if I had any questions for him.
Around 30 Students(including myself) were shortlisted for HR Interview.
Round 2(HR Interview – 25 minutes): The length of the interview varies depending on the interviewer, mine interview lasted 15 minutes.
- After introducing herself, the interviewer asked for my introduction.
- Any achievement that isn’t related to your studies.
- Have you ever been in charge of a team or a project?
- Why do you want to work for our company?
- What are your strengths?
- How do you work as a team or as an individual?
- We discussed about my project as well.
- And she asked if I had any questions for her.
On the next day, 20 students were offered final internship offers.
Verdict: Selected